Civic Tech and Data Insights from the White House: Guest Speaker Kara DeFrias

[Xavier Leonard]

Civic Tech and Data Insights from the White House
Guest Speaker: Kara DeFrias from 18F
and the Cancer Moonshot  Program
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The Machine Learning Society

Tuesday, Feb. 07 | 7p - 8.30p
The Vine Co-Workplace   | 101 W Broadway, Suite 800, 92101
Refreshments Served

 

 

Kara DeFrias joins us to share her experiences as White House Experience Design Director for Vice President Biden. We'll hear about her UX work on his Cancer Moonshot, an initiative that aims to accomplish ten years worth of cancer advancement in five years' time.  The plan includes leveraging vast amounts of data from places like the Dept. of Defense's cancer registry and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Kara will also speak about her work with 18F, one of President Obama's tech squads. Considered a startup within the Federal Government, 18F leverages human-centered design, agile development, and data science to produce Open Source tools for Federal agencies. Both of these cutting-edge efforts have challenged conventional wisdom about what it means for something to be "good enough for government."

Come hear about it from someone who directly contributed to the movement!

 

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MACHINE LEARNING SOCIETY CO-PROMOTION:

ML Show & Tell invites 4 industry leaders from a variety of sectors to show off their products and services.

Panel Topic
"Processing Hardware for Accelerated Deep Learning."

Event Summary
Members of the panel will have the opportunity to show off their newest lineup of processing hardware technologies which enable Machine Learning and Deep Learning applications. Each panelist will have access to a projector and an opportunity to bring visual and physical product demonstrations. This event is NOT meant to be competitive, but instead, a celebration of diverse computational strengths and technical achievements for a variety of specialized use-cases. The ML Show&Tell is a great venue for leading corporations to form intimate relationships with direct consumers, enthusiasts, and Data Science practitioners.

 

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